With the advancements in camera technology and software, focus stacking has never been easier. You can now even stack complex woodland photos without significant difficulty. In this article, I share ...

It’s becoming harder to get the entire image sharp with the constantly wider lenses and more extreme foregrounds that are used in today’s photography. Even optimal apertures aren’t enough to get both ...

3 image manual stack in Photoshop. Canon 30D Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens Full set of Kenko tubes Ring flash Aperture Priority I started by setting up the ship on a stand and placing the background ...

Focus stacking can take your macro photography to a new level by allowing you to capture every detail of a subject in perfect clarity, even when that subject has considerable depth. It’s especially ...

There are some techniques in photography that are helpful to young image-makers. Pixel stacking helps you get higher-megapixel photos, while exposure stacking helps one get properly lit images.

[Samuel Sargent] built his own lens for making stacked macro images.This project, which was completed as part of his senior thesis, utilizes a Zeiss enlarger lens. The aperture ring was broken, making ...

One of the more challenging aspects of macro photography is working with the shallow depth of field afforded to you by macro lenses and close working distances. Through the use of software, such as ...

Focus stacking, combining images shot at different focus distances to create a composite image with greater depth of field, isn’t new. For years, photographers have used specialized software, like ...

For 100+ years, any given photo had a single prime focal point. But the results of this week’s Shooting Challenge combine multiple points of focus to create images never seen before. Before you read ...

[Samuel Sargent] built his own lens for making stacked macro images.This project, which was completed as part of his senior thesis, utilizes a Zeiss enlarger lens. The aperture ring was broken, making ...